Barry pointed this out to me. And I did know this. My reply to him is below. Maybe I should look at a trial version of that SAS equivalent out of the UK.
Thanks Barry, Except I do have a fair sized investment in my current batch MXG jobs. And, as I've mentioned before, we will be shutdown within the year. For me, the path to ASCII is not likely. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Edward Finnell > Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 12:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Syncsort to DFSORT - my time has come. > > SAS and MXG have PC versions. > > So, I lose MXG and reasonable ability to process SMF anyway. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gibney, Dave <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, Oct 28, 2020 11:47 am > Subject: Re: Syncsort to DFSORT - my time has come. > > If we had longer to exist, I might. But, we haven't been collecting Syncsort > SMF, so until I see the need... > And my SAS license expires soon also. So, I lose MXG and reasonable ability > to process SMF anyway. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > > Behalf Of Martin Packer > > Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 1:32 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Syncsort to DFSORT - my time has come. > > > > > > FWIW I would go with SMF=FULL - unless you have an exceptionally large > > number of sorts - or tight SMF space restrictions. > > > > There’s gold in them there records. :-) > > > > Cheers, Martin > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > On 27 Oct 2020, at 21:13, Frank Swarbrick > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Here is our ICEPRM00, if you are interested. > > > > > > JCL > > > DYNALOC=(SYSDA,12) > > > DYNAUTO=YES > > > MSGDDN=SYSOUT > > > PARMDDN=DFSPARM > > > SMF=NO > > > INV > > > DYNALOC=(SYSDA,12) > > > DYNAUTO=IGNWKDD > > > ERET=ABEND > > > MSGDDN=SORTMSG > > > PARMDDN=SORTPARM > > > SMF=SHORT > > > TSO > > > SMF=SHORT > > > TSOINV > > > SMF=SHORT > > > TD1 > > > SMF=SHORT > > > TD2 > > > SMF=SHORT > > > TD3 > > > SMF=SHORT > > > TD4 > > > SMF=SHORT > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > on > > behalf > > of R.S. <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 11:26 AM > > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: Syncsort to DFSORT - my time has come. > > > > > > W dniu 27.10.2020 o 18:16, Gibney, Dave pisze: > > >> A fairly quick question. Are there sample ICEPRMxx members > provided > > by IBM for tailoring DFSORT? I don't find any in SICESAMP. > > >> Yesterday, in my sandbox, I IPL'd with SICELPA, SORTLPA, SICELINK, > > SORTLIB ahead of the SYNCSORT libraries and not ICEPRMxx. SHOWZOS > > shows > > DFSORT as resident sort program. All seems well. I don't keep this > > concatenation, it was just easier for fall back considerations. > > > > > > If you want some sample I can send it. > > > However there is no black magic there. > > > IMHO it is fundamental to define your needs, because the member is for > > > defaults which can be easily overtyped by parameters in the job. > > > > > > Here you are: > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************** > > ********* > > > ** History of changes: > > > ** 05-10-2019 R.SKORUPKA first customization > > > ** dd-mm-yyyy user description... > > > ** > > > > > > ********************************************************** > > ********** > > > * > > > * JCL (ICEAM1) > > > JCL > > > DYNALOC=(3390,10) > > > * > > > * INV (ICEAM2) > > > INV > > > DYNALOC=(3390,10) > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Radoslaw Skorupka > > > Lodz, Poland > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ========================================================== > > ============ > > > > > > Jeśli nie jesteś adresatem tej wiadomości: > > > > > > - powiadom nas o tym w mailu zwrotnym (dziękujemy!), > > > - usuń trwale tę wiadomość (i wszystkie kopie, które wydrukowałeś lub > > zapisałeś na dysku). > > > Wiadomość ta może zawierać chronione prawem informacje, które może > > wykorzystać tylko adresat.Przypominamy, że każdy, kto rozpowszechnia > > (kopiuje, rozprowadza) tę wiadomość lub podejmuje podobne działania, > > narusza prawo i może podlegać karze. > > > > > > mBank S.A. z siedzibą w Warszawie, ul. 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